Thailand safe from SARS
By CT Hj Mahmod

The Royal Thai Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan reported Thailand has no local transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome , and is safe from SARS following its outbreak in some areas of the world. This is based on the follow-up report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on SARS as of April 9, a press release said yesterday.

The Department of Disease Control said until now there is no evidence of SARS transmission in Thailand, it said.

The Department of Disease Control, the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, has put several measures in place since early March, to prevent the deadly disease from spreading in the country, it said.

A special task force on SARS has been established and a network with all public and private hospitals has been set up in Bangkok and other provinces throughout the country, it said.

Additional preventive measures at Thailand's international airports have been duly applied to prevent the spread of the disease.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin